Index card and method of type writing on the bottom margin thereof



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' APPLICATiON FILED NOV- H, I918 1,317,644. :Patentedfiept. 30,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMEG H. RAN D, OF ll'OBTH 'I'ONAWANDA, NEW YORK.

INDEX-OABIIAND METHOD OF TYPE-WRITING ON THE BOTTOM MARGIN THEREOF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Application filed November 11, 1918. Serial No. 282,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, James H. Raxn, citizen of the United States, andresident of North Tonawanda, in the county of Niagara and State of NewYork, have imented new anduseful Improvements in Index-Cards and Methodsof TypeJVriting on the Bottom Margin Thereof, of which the following isa specification.

In card indexes of various kinds it is often desired to typewrite. thetitle or other identifying description on the margin of each cardinstead of writing it by hand. No partieular ditlieulty is encounteredin doing this when the title is placed at the top of the card because.typewriters generally are adapted to write at the extreme upper marginof a sheet or eard. It is impossible, however, to typewrite at theextreme bottom margin of a card, because in the ab- SGHCB of specialattachments or appliances, no provision exists in the ordinarytypewriter to hold the extreme bottom margin in )laee on the latch toreceive the writing! n visible inc exes, so-called, in which depending,overlapping cards are held in a frame with their lower margins exposedto display index titles or similar inscriptions, the title or indexingmatter must appear at the extreme lower margin of the card, and it hasbeen the practice either to write the title by hand, or, if theinscription is to betypewritten, it has been the practice to make thecard longer vertirally than its ultimate intended size in use, so. thatthe inscription can be t \'pewritteu some distance from the lower edgeof the sheet and while the sheet is properly held by the machine; afterwhich all the lower part of the sheet. from a line immediately below theinscription, is removed'either by cutting it off or by tearing it. offon a previously prepared perforated or weakened line. This is wastefulof time and material, and also often results in a rough or ragged edge,or other importer-Hons in the finished index card.-

The purpose of the present inventionis to avoid these objertions and tomake it possible to produro an index card with a typewritten inscriptionon its extreme lower; margin. without removing any part of the card orshoot, and without using special applianrrs on the ly wwriter to holdthe ex treme lower margin in plare.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate my improved method and thecard used in performing the method and resulting tln-refro|n Figure .lis a fare view of the card;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the card with the lower marginal portion foldedrearwardly on the body of the card;

Fig. 3 is a sLLiiOll on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section on line -l--i of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a sertional view illustrating the use of llluinvention in anordinary typewriter.

The index card comprises a body portion 1, and a narrow marginal portion2 at the bottom of the card. The card may be provided at its top withany desired form of hunger or support for mounting the card in a frame,such as the bar 3 ronnerted to the card with a hinge or otherwise. Thisforms no partof the present invention, however, and it is innnateriaifor the purposes of this invention whether such hanger is present ornot. as the invention can be used in rards attached to hangers, or incards for ordinary rard indexes hold in trays, or in insert-card'sintended to be slipped into individual card holders.

The width of the marginal portion :2 corresponds substantially to thesparing between successive overlapped cards, and the consequent width ofthe rxposrd H HH'QIlH-S, when employed in indexes of the overlappingeard. visible index type.

The narrow marginal portion 2 is divided from the body portion by acreased or Weakened line 1 adapted to permit the marginal section 2 tobe folded rearwardly flat upon the body portion. This weakened line isrpre'leralib' formed. rspeciall Y if the card is ofsidiicient weight orlhirun-ss, by a cut or scored line passing part way through the rardfrom its front face.

N ow if thew-a rd is insel'ted iu an ordinary typewriting machine, itmust be inserted margin first in order to write on the margin at all.When so inserted without foldmg, and typewritten uponthe margin (whiehis now the upper margin)", the writing will appear upside down when thecard is removed and the card is placed in the index frame with thonmrgin 2 at the bottom.

in order to perform the lypewriting on the upper margin, and still hirethe writing appear right side up on the face of the margin when the card1s m use with its Written 25 its origmal position,

anargin at the bottom, I fold the mar in 2 rearwardly upon the body ofthe cart, as

shown in Figs. 2, l and 5, thus presenting the face of the folded margin'2 at the upper 5 margin of the back side of the card when the card isreversed top for bottom and back for front. Vith the parts in thisposition the card is inserted in the machine folded mar in first, withthe front face of the body of tie card against the platen P, andthe backof the card outward in position to receive the impressions of the type.This brings the face of folded margin 2 at the top of the ex osed sideof the sheet in the position of t e a per margin of the back (now theexpose side of the card (Fig. 5). The typewritmg is now performed in theusual way on the face of the folded margin 2, the sheet being held inplace by the usual clips or fingers c.

The card is then taken out of the machine,

and the typewriting will a ear on the' folded margin as shown in 1g. 2.Then the margin is unfolded and flattened out in bringing the writtensurfaee to the front faee of the card,

in which position the typewriting will appear ri" t side up at thebottom margin of the car as shown in Fig. 1.

90 I claim:

1. The method of typewriting an inscr tion on the extreme lower marginof t e face of a'card, comprising folding said marrearwardly upon thebody of the card, iii is presenting the face of the folded margin at theupper margin of the back of the card when the card .is reversed top forhottomIa'nd back for front, typewriting on the face of the folded marginwhile it occupies -"the said position of up r mar 'n of the back of thecard, and un olding t e margin again to bring its written surface to thelow-or margin of the fare of the card.

2. .\n index card having a body portion, and a narrow marginal portionat the bottom of the card, thenarrow marginal portion being divided fromthe body portion by a weakened line adapted to permit the marginalportion to be folded rearwardly fiat upon the body portion to bring thefront face of the marginal portion into the osition of a margin of therear side of the body portion. l

3. An index cardhaving a body portion, and a narrow marginal portion atthe bottom of the card, the narrow marginal portion being divided fromthe body portion by a weakened line adapted tb permit the marginalportion to be folded rearwardly fiat upon the body portion to bring thefront face of the marginal portion into the osition of a margin of therear side of'the Body portion, and atypewritten inscri tion appearingright side up on the face 0 the marginal portion when the card isunfolded and positioned with the marginal portion downward.

4. An indexcard' having a body rtion and a narrow marginal portion at, te bottom of the card, the card being out part through from the frontface on a line dividing the narrow marginal portion from the bodyportion, to facilitate the folding of .the marginal portion rearwardlythat upon the body .portion, whereb the front face of the marginalportion'wil be brought to the position of a margin of the rear side ofthe body portion.

Signed by me at North Tonawanda, N. Y., this 6th day of Nov., 1918.

